The youth of the United States national team shined on Wednesday night as Mikkel Diskerud and Juan Agudelo combined for the game winning goal in the 85th minute to give the US a victory over South Africa in Cape Town.

As the US national team prepares to take on South Africa in the Nelson Mandela Challenge, one of the young players head Bob Bradley will be leaning on is 18 year old central defender Gale Agbossoumonde.

Wednesday the Irish website Irishcentral.com issued a report that said that the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) are going to step up their recruiting of Irish-American players in the United States and North America.

When Bob Bradley announced the roster for next week's friendly against South Africa, one of the most noteworthy selections was Kansas City Wizards forward Teal Bunbury who is coming off an impressive rookie season.

When US defender Michael Parkhurst got back on the field for the US national team last week against Colombia, it was a possible sign that the 26 year old former MLS defender of the year could be part of Bob Bradley's effort to rebuild the US national team's aging defense.

The United States national team will look to win for the first time after this summer's World Cup when they face Colombia in a friendly match on Tuesday night in their first ever game at Philadelphia's brand new PPL Park.